Detecting Security Vulnerabilities on Computing Devices

1. A computer-implemented method within a computer hardware system, comprising: identifying, by a monitoring application and from manifest data of a process executing within the computer hardware system, a type of inter-process communication associated with the process, rewriting, by the monitoring application, manifest data of the monitoring application to accept the type of inter-processing communication; detecting, within the computer hardware system and by the monitoring application, an inter-process communication issued from the process; determining, using the monitoring application, whether the inter-process communication consistent with a predefined specification of a security vulnerability; determining a type of the security vulnerability; and performing, based upon the determined type of the security vulnerability, a predefined action.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predefined action is presenting, to a user, a description of the security vulnerability.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predefined action includes terminating the process.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predefined action includes quarantining the process.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined type of security vulnerability is sensitive data being provided by the process.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined type of security vulnerability is sensitive data being requested by the process.